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Monday, 1 July 2013

CCC - LORRAINE'S CHALLENGE "A CHRISTMAS SCENE"

Hello peeps out there - I am posting my card for the Christmas Card Club today, Lorraine chose this theme but can't post herself 'cos she is under the weather at the moment - I'm sending a virtual hug your way! Isn't it a lovely theme - it is open to so many interpretations, which I just lurve.This post is a tad full of piccies because I wanted you to see it from all sides. I first saw a TeePee card on my friend Suzie's blog and squirrelled the idea away at the back of my mind. It is really 1.5 square cards glued together in a particular way. Mine is 6" square and I think the following pics will be self-explanatory. Oh and because there are soooo many pics, I have postponed the pics of me 'n' the hubster in Cornwall. You will have to wait patiently Jenny and Sue J.

This is the 'front' of my card with the main Christmas Scene image on it.

The other two sides -

At a slightly different angle -

The next two pics show the card in it's flat state! I used a small Velcro fastener to close the card, there are many different ways of making a fastener but there is so much heavy paper on this one, I wanted to make sure it stayed put!

You can't see the amount of glitter on the snowy plantpots or on the snowflakes but, believe me, I went a little bit berserk with my Star Dust.

This is the inside of the card

Ingredients

2.5 x 6" square blank cards

MME Signature Christmas heavyweight paper

Image from La Pashe - The Best of Just Inklined CD

First Edition Christmas Village heavyweight paper

Spellbinders Circle Die

Spellbinders Small Scalloped Circle (Large)

Spellbinders Fanciful Holiday

Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant 2012

Spellbinders Holiday Tree 2012

Spellbinders Create a Flake Four

Marianne Creatables Poinsettia

Memory Box Snowflake Ornament

Memory Box Floral Vine

Memory Box Snowflake Tree

IO Dies Snowflake

and a Cuddly Toy!!!

I love all of the above dies but never thought I would use so many on one card! I do hope you like this one and have the time to leave a comment or two or even three. Thank you for visiting my blog, I intend to catch up with your blogs very shortly.

Wow, this absolutely fabulous Sue! Never seen anything like this before. Must study carefully! I love your robin on the plant pots, and the papers and embellishments are great. Well done you!! Love and hugs, Christine xx

hi sue ...so glad the instructions worked!.....well that's different....and I like it, love the robin ....now I know why you said you were working on your card all day......worth it sweetie...hugs Margaret

What an incredible card...I am just blown away by all that loveliness packed into just one card! And I really appreciate all the pictures too so my brain could wrap around how it was put together. :0) Beautiful, beautiful!!

Sue, a fabulous card! The cutting is very sharp and wonderful in Christmas colors. The most fun part was seeing it completely opened and the unexpected wintry blue scene shown there! Very pretty, ma'am! Thank you for taking all the close ups. Looking forward to seeing your photos, too. hugs, de

Hi Sue,me super lovely blogging mate. I think this creation is well worth waiting for the hunky pics of hubby. Well what can I say, squirrels mind has done a superb job of this card. I just can't think of the fab words to tell you how super superb this is. I love every tiny detail in this.Superb design.Can't wait for Mr Postman to bring me new doorstops. I take it you have been birdie watching again. lol.Have a wonderful crafty day.Lots of crafty love. Jenny L. P.S. give Pidgy a big peck for me. lol.

Wow! This is a work of art. I will have to google this for the fold line template...it is so lovely. I have a friend who is not crafty that loves to receive handmade cards...she leaves them up all year! I will try this design for her.The bird on the pots is great...I can see the snow too! The glitter on it looks wonderful.

Wow! Love the shape and all the work and creativity you've put into this marvellous scenic card for the CCC challenge - I'm so sorry that I'm late coming along to see your gorgeous card and leaving my comment. x

Hello Sue - Long time no speak - I am just about coming back to blogging after a years break and I have some cards in the pipeline which I hope to publish up soon. I thought I would drop by your blog and see what you are up to and saw your gorgeous card - I am glad mine gave you inspiration - I guess it was me you were referring to lol. Anyway catch up with you soon. Suzie xx

About Me

I have been crafting since I was very small and started making my dolls clothes when I was 8. I have been married to my hubby for almost 49 years and even made my wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses. I still have the pattern - and the dress. We have had cats all our married life but we lost Ebony in January 2012 and Misty in February 2012. A huge feral cat used to own us but sadly, he died in August 2012. He was such a character for a feral cat and, even though we couldn't touch him, we knew he sort of liked us! We decided we wouldn't take on any more pets but in March 2013 a female cat and her 'husband' started living in the garden and despite being ignored they wouldn't leave so ... in short.... they both adopted us and they have now been neutered and chipped and once again we have fur babies! In 2015 an abandoned long haired puss adopted us and he's gorgeous! I will never know how they knew we would take them in - perhaps it's the large tattoo on our foreheads saying 'MUG'!! We wouldn't swap them for the world though.